Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Emotinal recovery, but our bikes still get the most flats ever!!

Beck Family!

This last week has been much better. I am going to be
honest, this last week was very tough, if not one of the toughest of my
mission. It was so hard, so many things went wrong. We had our baptism that
fell through, we were dropped by investigators, our area was in shambles. And
things that i never thought would happen happened, as i heard of the passing of
Bro Bryge and Bro Coons. It made last week a very tough and trying one. It made
me put a lot of confidence and my trust in the plan that we share. It was a
very challenging week, and i was very tired. But things are ok, things turned
around. That guy that was going to get baptized, T, is still on track. We
are still teaching him and we have reaffirmed with him his desire to do this.
He is a 28 year old guy that is trying to change his life, and he truly knows
that this is the thing that will do it. We just have some things that we need
to work through first, things that will just take a short amount of time. But i
have no doubt that he will be baptized, i just hope that i am here to see it
happen.

We have been biking a lot lately, im starting to count up
our miles and not a day goes by that we dont hit 20. Most days are between
25-30. And those are hilly miles. I tried to put on a pair of my companions pants
just to see if i could fit into them. My thighs nearly split the seams. They
fit me around the waist, and i had lots of room down by my shins, but my thighs
straight nearly burst through those pants. It was like spandex. My legs are
huge, now i have proof. I'll send some pics of what happens to us though when
we bike this much, we encounter many flats. Many interesting flats.

Transfers will be on April First. That doesnt mean that i
will be sent out of whittier, that is just the next soonest time that it could
happen. And who knows if i will stay a district leader or not, they like to
change those up often.

And im glad that my letter was good. I really hoped that it
helped people just a little bit. I wanted to do the only thing i could to
try and help out. And again, i want you to know that i meant everything that i
said.

I had to buy another tube for my bike and patch
kit.(you can put this in big family letter) Mom, for real, our
companionship has the most flat tires of any living missionary companionship in
the world. Kid you not. We can not ride our bikes for more that 8 hours without
one of us getting a flat tire. WE then try to go as long as we can before we
have to change it, we fill up at gas stations and stuff, but eventually
everything goes flat, and we must then fix it. I have used so many tubes this
transfer, and they all have been patched many times. Whittier is the place that
destroys bikes, worst than compton for sure. I believe iti s the hills, it makes
you put a lot of pressue of your tires, so all of the glass and thorns are
instant death.

When i see a picture of you, i say "that one is MY
momma." For real, you are like the coolest/bestest mom out there. Love you
mom.